Digging People Out of Holes via the Command Line
If nothing else it is proof that the Linux command line is a very powerful tool.. if you take the time to learn it.
Here is the setting. I’m teaching a class this week in Boston, MA. It is the RedHat 300 “Fast Track” course, for preparing Linux administrators for the RedHat Certified Engineer Exam. I’ve got a room full of very experienced geeks that have definitely kept me on my toes. Some of the questions they’ve come up with… well let me tell you. One in particular I just had to share.
One student decided to see what would happen if he filled up his drive using yum. (For those not familiar with yum it is the RH/Fedora equivalent of apt-get or aptitude). So he proceeded to do the following until his drive was at 100% capacity.
He then posed the question: “How can I clean that up without re-installing the system?”
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